diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.c b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
index c2041a8a9..5f1e8d8c4 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
@@ -4186,7 +4186,10 @@ static void HWR_DrawDropShadow(mobj_t *thing, gr_vissprite_t *spr, fixed_t scale
 	{
 		light = R_GetPlaneLight(thing->subsector->sector, floorz, false); // Always use the light at the top instead of whatever I was doing before
 
-		lightlevel = *thing->subsector->sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
+		if (*thing->subsector->sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel > 255)
+			lightlevel = 255;
+		else
+			lightlevel = *thing->subsector->sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
 
 		if (*thing->subsector->sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap)
 			colormap = *thing->subsector->sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap;
@@ -4392,7 +4395,7 @@ static void HWR_SplitSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 		if (h <= temp)
 		{
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = *list[i-1].lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = *list[i-1].lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : *list[i-1].lightlevel;
 			colormap = *list[i-1].extra_colormap;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -4400,7 +4403,7 @@ static void HWR_SplitSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 #else
 	i = R_GetPlaneLight(sector, temp, false);
 	if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-		lightlevel = *list[i].lightlevel;
+		lightlevel = *list[i].lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : *list[i].lightlevel;
 	colormap = *list[i].extra_colormap;
 #endif
 
@@ -4416,7 +4419,7 @@ static void HWR_SplitSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 		if (!(list[i].flags & FF_NOSHADE) && (list[i].flags & FF_CUTSPRITES))
 		{
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = *list[i].lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = *list[i].lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : *list[i].lightlevel;
 			colormap = *list[i].extra_colormap;
 		}
 
@@ -4693,7 +4696,7 @@ static void HWR_DrawSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 		extracolormap_t *colormap = sector->extra_colormap;
 
 		if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-			lightlevel = sector->lightlevel;
+			lightlevel = sector->lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : sector->lightlevel;
 
 		if (colormap)
 			Surf.FlatColor.rgba = HWR_Lighting(lightlevel, colormap->rgba, colormap->fadergba, false, false);
@@ -4790,7 +4793,7 @@ static inline void HWR_DrawPrecipitationSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 			light = R_GetPlaneLight(sector, spr->mobj->z + spr->mobj->height, false); // Always use the light at the top instead of whatever I was doing before
 
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
 
 			if (*sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap)
 				colormap = *sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap;
@@ -4798,7 +4801,7 @@ static inline void HWR_DrawPrecipitationSprite(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 		else
 		{
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = sector->lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = sector->lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : sector->lightlevel;
 
 			if (sector->extra_colormap)
 				colormap = sector->extra_colormap;
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
index 5c3cd40a6..2e3af4a4c 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ boolean HWR_DrawModel(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 			light = R_GetPlaneLight(sector, spr->mobj->z + spr->mobj->height, false); // Always use the light at the top instead of whatever I was doing before
 
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : *sector->lightlist[light].lightlevel;
 
 			if (*sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap)
 				colormap = *sector->lightlist[light].extra_colormap;
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ boolean HWR_DrawModel(gr_vissprite_t *spr)
 		else
 		{
 			if (!(spr->mobj->frame & FF_FULLBRIGHT))
-				lightlevel = sector->lightlevel;
+				lightlevel = sector->lightlevel > 255 ? 255 : sector->lightlevel;
 
 			if (sector->extra_colormap)
 				colormap = sector->extra_colormap;